The second edition of Science for health will take place on 19 November 2021! This event will highlight personalized medicine and how big data drives innovation in healthcare.
At this yearly event, experts are connected around a central theme to promote out-of-the-box thinking and spark new research collaborations. This strengthens the local ecosystem and creates inspired solutions improving the life of patients.
Meet academics, industry leaders and policymakers — Get inspired and join forces!
Science for health is a joint organization from the following partners:
The next edition will focus on the use of big data sets in translational applications. With the increasing availability of (bio)medical data, and the advances in AI and machine learning, personalized medicine comes within reach.
We’re building an inspiring program with international keynotes, sharing their insights on
This year’s speakers include:
Gabriel Chodick
Head of Department of Epidemiology & Database Research, Maccabi Healthcare Services
Mike Snyder
Director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Stanford University
Heidi Mertes
Professor in Ethics, Ghent University
Xosé Fernández
Chief Data Officer, Institut Curie
Yves Moreau
Professor of Engineering, KU Leuven
Olivier Gevaert
Assistant Professor of Medicine – Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University
| Plenary | Breakout | |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Welcome and introduction of new initiatives in the local ecosystem by Dirk Reyn (Chairman of the Board of Directors, flanders.bio) | |
| 10:20 - 10:45 |
Gabriel Chodick (Maccabi Healthcare Services) The use of real-world evidence research in primary care settings: achievements, challenges, and future perspectives from Maccabitech |
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| 10:45 - 11:10 |
Gijs de Wit (NKI) Repurposing targeted anti-cancer drugs; the DRUP-trial |
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| 11:10 - 11:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40 - 12:05 |
Kaisa Immonen (European Patients Forum) Patients perspectives on data and AI in healthcare |
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| 12:05 - 12:30 |
Heidi Mertes (UGent) Ethical perspectives on big data in healthcare: achieving the good, but not the bad and the ugly |
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| 12:30 - 13:45 | Networking lunch | |
| Parallel session: Federated data networks | Parallel session: Data utilization | |
| 13:45 - 14:10 |
James N’Dow (University of Aberdeen) The benefits and challenges of federated data networks |
Xosé Fernández (Institut Curie) A data narrative in oncology |
| 14:10 - 14:35 |
Yves Moreau (KU Leuven) Privacy preserving analysis: the ATHENA project |
Hans Cobben (Summa Equity) Data utilization: case studies and examples |
| 14:35 - 15:05 | Coffee break | |
| 15:05 - 15:30 |
Olivier Gevaert (Stanford University) Multi-modal biomedical data fusion with the STAnford medicine Research data Repository (STARR) |
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| 15:30 - 16:15 |
Panel discussion: Synergizing stakeholders for the future of Belgian data science
Nick Marly (Cabinet of Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health) Liesbeth Peeters (UHasselt) Bart Vannieuwenhuyse (Janssen Pharmaceutica) Heidi Mertes (UGent) Gabriel Chodick (Maccabi Healthcare Services) Moderator, Ann van Gysel (Turnstone Communications) |
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| 16:15 - 16:45 |
Mike Snyder (Stanford Medicine) The future of AI and big data in healthcare |
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| 16:45 - 16:50 | Closing statements by Willem Dhooge (Co-General Manager, flanders.bio) | |
| 16:50 - 17:50 | Networking reception | |
Join us in Brussels or attend the inspiring talks online on November 19th.
flanders.bio/BioWin members: €60
non-members: €100
flanders.bio/BioWin members (digital only): €40
non-members (digital only): €60
Reaching a balanced audience of 327 participants, the event was sold out over 1 month in advance
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15 (inter)national top speakers gave talks covering all aspects from research to clinical and regulatory to stimulate discussion. Dr Carl June, the father of CAR T immunotherapy, opened the conference.